UPDATE: Recent SmartThings User Experience & Platform Performance

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@Jantik

and don’t understand why we do not have the option to run this ‘locally’ instead of solely relying on the ‘cloud’ for command and control…

Why the cloud?

Excuse my ignorance, but I am just curious as to why so much of this system is cloud based? Since there is no subscription fee it doesn’t seem to be monetary. Many of these basic tasks seem like they could run locally without a hitch like many raspberry pi type setups. I’d think Samsung would have more to gain selling a solid locally controlled product so what exactly are they gaining by keeping this in the cloud?